Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympics in Paris were banned from participating in the opening ceremony. They will compete without a medal count and under a neutral flag

36 comments

1. Russian Athletes represents a nation behind systematic torture and rape.

2. Let’s ask the Ukrainian Athlets. Oh, over 200 athletes were killed by Russians in the last 2 years?

   How will the IOC rule for them to take part in the Olympics?

   Sport is apolitical, till a Russian soldier athlete competes while a Ukrainian athlete was killed by Russians for defending his country.

3. I will not watch a second of the olympics as long as russians are allowed to participate or until they have lost the war.

4. This is really bullshit competing without medal is stubifist thing ever just ban them every where.

5. They shouldn’t be there at all.

6. What a joke.

7. that changes basically nothing

8. No half measures ffs just kick them out. If they whine about it then boohoo! No one feels bad for that shit country. Russia must be utterly shunned from everything, it’s disgraceful the way the west has handled this war so far…

9. If they win, they should play the Ukrainian Anthem. Imagine the embarrassment of Russian TV having to show their athletes winning, for patriotic reasons, but with the sound mysteriously off.

10. They should have been banned years ago for reasons entirely unrelated to the war, eg. systematic, State-sponsored doping.

11. it’s not a punishment until they’re barred from being there and competing at all. “Olympic athletes from Russia” is not just Russia?! Are we all this stupid???

12. At this point just ban them for good ffs. What’s with this half-assed method of semi-condoning yet semi-not-condoning attitude?

13. Ban them altogether.

14. Any news of Israel?

15. So where do we draw the line? Why stop at Russia? Why is China allowed to compete despite their litreal concentration camps? Why is Iran with their systemic opression and enforcment of sharia law?

16. What’s the fucking point then? Just ban them.

17. At least its something, Israele also should be reserved the same treatment

18. What a farce.

19. Among them are “people” who openly support the war. Damn, I’ll never understand this damn world 🤡

20. That’s a joke. Let’s ban the USA as well, since they have torn the Middle East in shreds. Or China, since it is commiting genocide as we speak.

    The Olympics are not supposed to be held as some cheap political tool. It is the pinnacle of athletic competitions and removing athletes who have dedicated their entire lives into this just based on their country of origin is ridiculous.

21. Intern them and exchange them for kidnapped Ukrainian children.

22. What about Israelies?

23. Why does Israel get to participate

24. Why have them at all. I hope they all get heckled.

25. France needs to refuse those people entry to their country.

26. 5 seconds before a freaking vatnik idiot gets on TV with a “Z” on his t-shirt.

27. Israeli also? No? Why?

28. I don’t think they should be allowed to participate at all.

29. Let them compete but make them fly a nazi flag to show what they are

30. At this point we better have Western and Eastern Olympics

31. ngl, this empty virtue signaling is tiresome. It does nothing. We get it, russia bad. Let the athletes be

32. What’s a “neutral flag”? Does that mean absolutely anyone can get into the olympics, as long as they don’t respresent the country?

33. They should not be competing at all.

34. Shameful but they are fr*nch so they will let ruzzians compete.

35. Just ban them from Olympics.

36. Why are they allowed to compete at all?!?